A quick few words about our train first. The Gold Leaf Class is an entirely self contained double decker carriage, with approx 45 passengers on out trip. The top half is for seating, with plenty of space around the seats, and a work station for the hosts at the rear. Underneath are the bathroom facilities, an open area or vestibule for photography, a dining area for half the passengers at a time, and a kitchen galley. So you are in your own area with no contact to the 350 other passengers.

Straight after leaving Kamloops the Thompson River Valley greened up, and the hills turned into mountains. The weather also improved, with little bits of blue appearing.

By now we’d had brekkie, and with lunch looming there was time to photograph Pyramid Falls from the vestibule. Well worth the wait, despite an abundance of fresh, and cold air.

Unfortunately Mount Robson had its head in the clouds, but still looked massive and cold, as well as being the highest peak in Canada. The mountains and lakes got more impressive the closer we got to Jasper.

Also lurking in the woods was our first bear, rather more difficult to photograph at speed, but at least we saw one, well two in fact. Finally a photograph of our great 4 hosts, a fantastic crew who made a great trip even better.